Nagrakata, 13th September: Based on a tip-off, the Nagarkata police, on Sunday evening, launched operations and recovered a huge quantity of cannabis from a freight truck at Nagarakata’s Eklavya more. The truck driver Raj Pal was arrested in the incident.
According to police sources, the truck was on its way to Bihar for smuggling. Around 14 packets containing 280 kgs of cannabis were recovered from the truck. The recovered cannabis has been estimated to be around 33 lakh rupees.
BDO Smrita Subba, OC Sanju Barman, and other police officials were present during the operation.